Shoulder strap ID

[Tony]

Hello,

I'm hoping someone can ID this strap, I'm assuming it's German purely because it was found in Germany.

Thanks for any help.

Tony

[IrishGunner]

Looks Warsaw Pact to me...

[Tony]

Thanks for the reply.

 

That’s exactly what I first thought but as it’s only about 25mm wide I changed my mind, thinking Warsaw Pact straps would be wider?

[Chip]

It's the M1866 pattern for Hauptleute. In this case, it's a Prussian Leutnant, but without a unit number, I'm not sure what it could be. I believe these were worn up until 1888, when the patterns for these ranks (Leutnant, Oberleutnant, Hauptmann) that we are more familiar with began.

Chip

Edited September 15, 2015 by Chip

[Tony]

Thanks Chip! It's not mine and the light wasn't very bright when I looked at it but I'll have to check if there's any sign of a number ever being there.

Tony